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Alternative options to DE

For those people who are tired of paying insane prices for the multi bladed space stations on a stick only to end up broke and covered in razor bumps, and aren't quite sure about DE shaving or don't want to invest the money or don't want to spend a lot of time shaving as a hobby, I want to talk about a different option.

Rolling razor is a cartridge razor that is affordable, about $20 to start up, and has a good design that helps minimize irritation and bumps. It has 3 blades on it, but it has a rounded face so you only have 1 blade in contact with your skin at a time. The design prevents the "tug and hack" method used by the big guys. The design also enables for a 2 pass shave (one pass down and one pass up) that can be done as fast as a regular cartridge razor once you are used to it and result in an easy DFS.

I used one for about 2 years before switching to DE. I still have my razor and several blades with it to use for traveling. They have different kinds of blades for different skin types and excellent customer service. You can get four carts for about $10 and a pack would usually last me 3 months or so with regular shaving, not near as cheap as DE but a lot cheaper than Fusion blades.

Just food for thought for some people that are on the fence about the whole "putting a razor blade on my jugular and spending some $$ up front for something I may or may not enjoy or be good at."

http://www.rollingrazor.com/home/vt
 
Isn't it another multi-blade cartridge razor just in other form?
After seeing a few videos on YouTube I'm guessing that it would irritate my skin same way my Fusion used to.
 
Isn't it another multi-blade cartridge razor just in other form?
After seeing a few videos on YouTube I'm guessing that it would irritate my skin same way my Fusion used to.

No, the design is different so it will cut the hairs at the surface instead of the "pull and hack" method.
 
I find this thing seriously lacking in the aesthetics dept. One of my big gripes about modern razor's is that they look like toys. This thing looks like a toy but of the adult kind if you know what I mean. A single edge is all you need. A de blade se blade heck an injector blade can actually be repurposed after its too dull to shave.
A person would be better served by getting an Atra or Vector handle and buying the Wilkinson Sword Super II blades at 3.46 for 10 carts. They are good carts that shave very well. Granted the Rolling Razor may shave well but I'll be danged if I put that ugly thing near my face.
 
Aren't jokes and gag threads supposed to less eloquent and more funny:confused1

Here's another alternative
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It does look weird I agree. The problem with our real equipment is that the government in all it's wisdom has banned it from air planes.
 
+1 - Getting proprietary cartridges from one possible source for 1/2 the cost Mach 3 carts doesn't excite me when I can get generic cartridges for my Atra at 1/10 the cost of the Mach 3 carts.
I've been intending to check for any source other than Gillette for the Sensor(2) cartridges, and haven't quite gotten around to doing so. Gillette is getting a very steep price for these, compared to what they cost 20 years ago, way more than an inflationary difference. I picked up some of the real thing from a Family Dollar store fairly inexpensively, but the nearest store to me from that chain doesn't have them now.

OK, I've made one Googled-search for an alternative, and came up with a Burma Shave branded option at Razors Direct for $7.99 (pack of ten)! (Added this later, in edit, and aren't Sensors allowed by the blade rules when boarding?)
 
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no offense but i dont see that thing touching my face. i already use DE's but even when i was using carts i still dont think i would have bought it.
 
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